‘The past is dead and gone. You cannot change it. The future waits.‘
– Eriatha, to Connavar, Sword In The Storm
‘The past is dead and gone. You cannot change it. The future waits.‘
– Eriatha, to Connavar, Sword In The Storm
‘It will hurt for a long time. Maybe forever. But we all live with our hurts.‘
– Eriatha, to Connavar, Sword In The Storm
‘What would you call a man who makes a mistake and then runs away from his responsibilities? I’d call him a coward.‘
– Eriatha, to Connavar, Sword In The Storm
‘Understand this: you cannot conquer fear by running away from it.’
– The Morrigu, to Banouin, Midnight Falcon
‘If the past must haunt you, then use it wisely.’
– Eriatha, to Connavar, Sword in the Storm
‘Every man has his talent. There is no shame in being beaten by a man who has mastered his craft. It doesn’t make him a better man.’
– Jaim Grymauch, to Kaelin Ring, Ravenheart
‘The more carefully I plan the luckier I get.’
– Jarasay, to Valanus, Sword in the Storm
‘The sculptor labours for years to carve the perfect statue from marble, every muscle shaped with precise beauty. Then one talentless man with a hammer destroys it in a moment. Creation takes time and love, destruction merely a heartbeat of madness.’
– The Wyrd of Wishing Tree Woods, to herself, Ravenheart
‘But hatred never dies. We plant the seeds of hate with every action inspired by it.’
– Banouin, to Connavar, Sword in the Storm
‘You never live in the now. You are always thinking back over some past tragedy, or looking ahead to some distant dream. It is no way to live one’s life.’
– Bane, to Banouin, Midnight Falcon